CVE-2002-1238

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-11-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Peter Sandvik's Simple Web Server 0.5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions for files via an HTTP request with a sequence of multiple / (slash) characters such as http://www.example.com///file/.

Affected products

Peter Sandvik Simple Web Server: through 0.5.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0065.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103679016031857&w=2
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/11.08.02a.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6145
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10563
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0065.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103679016031857&w=2
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/11.08.02a.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6145
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10563

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